Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44801, Andrew Ely, Continental (Conn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (born) Ely, Andrew
S. 44801
CONTENTS

19.655
New York.
Andrew Ely.
of Ulster Co., in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y . commanded by Captain J. Ely — of the regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons in the Conniet line, for the term of 9 months from February 1776 to 1 Dec r 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st day of July. 1826.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of Aug t 1826 and sent to Walter Case Esq r Newburgh N.Y.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r , 1826. $ 9. 31 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
$ 9. 31
{ Revolutionary claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Susp? see letters to A. Ely & Agent, 25 Sept. 1827, and to Salmon Hubbell, Bridgeport, Nov. 14. 1827, and Nov. 24. 1827. also to H. Case 7 Dec. 1827 and Hon. J. Hallock Jun r H. R. 24 March 1828.

Andrew & Seth Ely
Inventory
1820
A

An Inventory of the several goods and chattels Distained by me (David Osborne) the 7 th day of November 1820 in the houses out houses and lands of Andrew Ely and Seth Ely. Situate in the Town of Marlborough & County of Ulster. By the Authority And on the behalf of Lewis Dubois Your Land lord for the sum of Forty five dollars being for one Year and a half rent due to him your said landlord on the first day of Nov. Instant
in the house  2 tables  1 Chest of drawers  1 Clock  1 Corners Closet  1 looking glass  1 Stand  1 Chest  1 trunk  1 Chest of Tools  A on the premises  one bay horse  one one horse wagg & harness  one plow  one Set of harness tools  one Crop cut Saw  a Reducing for Spinning  flax  one boat at the river  one 600 bar 
To W th Andrew Ely & Seth Ely,
Take notice that I have this day distrained as bailiff to Lewis Dubois your said landlord on the premises above mentioned the several goods and chattels specified in the above inventory for the sum of Forty five dollars being One Year and a half Rent due to your said land lord Lewis Dubois. on the first day of Nov. Instant for the said premises. And that unless you pay the said rent with the Charges for distraining for the same within five days from the date hereof the said goods and Chattels will be appraised and sold according to Law. Give under my hand Nov. 7 th 1820
Witnesseth that this is a true Copy of my proceedings left this day with said Andrew Ely & Seth Ely
(David Osborne) Bailiff for said Landlords

the Sale Andrew & Son Ely's property
Nov 16 1820
for rent
B

a list of the personal property of Andrew & Seth Ely sold for rent in behalf of Lewis Dubois. Viz —————
one Chest of tools
2 tables
1 Chest with drawers
1 Clock
1 Corner Closet —
1 looking Glass —
1 Stand —
1 Chest —
1 Trunk —
B
to Lewis Dubois —————
$4.. 50
2.. 50
a Spinning Machine } De " — — — — —
turners tools —————
} De " — — — — —
" 8.. 25
one horse waggon harness } De " — — — — —
" 10.. 25
plough —————
De " — — — — —
" 4.. 25
one horse —————
De " — — — — —
one fish boat —————
one Cross Cut Saw } De " — — — — —
one Cro bar — — — — —
" 1.. 00
$30.. 75
Nov 16 1820. Sold and delivered as above stated by me David Osborne Bailiff for the Landlord

Original Claim
Declaration in order to be placed on the pension list under the Act of the 18 th March 1818. — "
Ulster County ss: On this tenth day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty six personally appeared in open Court being a Court of record for the County of Ulster aforesaid Andrew Ely resident in said County aged sixty nine years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th . of March 1818. and the 1 st May 1820. that he the said Andrew Ely enlisted for the term of nine months in the month of February in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the State of Connecticut in the Company commanded by Captain John Ely in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons in the line of the State of Connecticut on the continental establishment that he continued to serve in the said Corps until sometime about the first of December in the year One thousand seven hundred and seventy six when he was discharged from the service at North Castle in the County of Westchester and State of New York that he was at first stationed with said Company at New Poudon and was afterwards ordered to join the United States Army at Westchester in the State of New York that he served in said Company upwards of ten months that he was in the Battle of the White Plains and that he has no other evidence now in his power except the annexed affidavits that his family consists of himself and his wife that he is sixty nine years of age and his wife seventy one and very infirm that he is in such indigent circumstances

as to be wholly unable to support himself without public or private bounty that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present that his name is not on the Roll of any state except of the state of Connecticut And that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension that by industry and economy he has hitherto been enabled to procure a comfortable living for himself and family And in pursuance of the Act the 1 st May 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled an act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818. And that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed to wit One Chest with drawers, One cupboard nine old chairs One candle stand two old tables one small trunk two candle sticks one Cow one hog one meat barrel one soap tub with soap two bottles & a few old books one pair of tongs one old hogs head and one small looking glass and necessary cooking utensils -and
Sworn to and declared on the
Shoemakers tools
tenth day of January 1826
in open Court
Andrew Bly
Witness Lucas Elmendorf First Judge of the said Court for and in behalf of the Court

I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Andrew Ely did serve in the Revolution- ary War as stated in the proceeding declaration ag- =ainst the Common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the Continental establishment. I also Certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule therunto annexed are truly Copied from the records of the said Court And I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid sche- ule is thirty five dollars — — — — —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court on this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six — — — — —
Jacob Snyder

October 16, 1939.
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BA-J/CC Andrew Ely S.44801
Miss Lucy E. Aldridge 17 South Avenue, Beacon, New York.
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Andrew Ely of Marlboro, Ulster County, New York.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in pension claim, S.44801, based upon service of Andrew Ely in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Andrew Ely and names of his parents are not shown.
Andrew Ely enlisted at Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, in February 1776, served as private in Colonel Samuel H. Parson's continental regiment, and in Captain Martin Catlin's (evidently meant for Kirtland's) company, Colonel John Ely's Connecticut regiment, was in the battle of White Plains and was discharged December 1, 1776.
By Mrs. Find Capt. John Ely in first half of soldiers service as he was not in the 10th Cont. Regt.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed January 10, 1826, at which time he was aged sixty-nine years and a resident of Marlboro, Ulster County, New York. He had formerly lived in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
In 1826, Andrew Ely referred to his wife, Hannah, as being aged seventy-one years. Her maiden name and date and place of their marriage are not shown. No reference was made to children.
In 1817, one Seth Ely was a resident of Marlboro, New York, and in 1827, one Adriel Ely was a resident of Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, and stated that he served as ensign in the company with Andrew Ely. Reference was made to one Gabriel Ely who enlisted at Lyme, Connecticut. Their relationship to Andrew is not shown.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of Andrew Ely, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Andrew Ely Certificate #19655 Issued August 8, 1836 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced July 31, 1826 Acts of March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820, New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
N.Y. 44,801
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
1
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Andrew Ely a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1776 Dec. 1, 1776 Pvt. John Ely Martin Cather Rutland Samuel H. Parsons Conn.       
Battles engaged in, White Plains Residence of soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Lynde Connecticut. Date of application for pension, July 10 1826 Residence at date of application, Ulster Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 69 years. date not stated.
Remarks: In 1817 his wife Hannah --- was referred to. In 1826 he stated that his wife was 71 years old. There is no other data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.,
M.E.C.
July 13, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Andrew Ely --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Feb. 1776 9 mos. Pvt. John Ely Parsons Conn.
Battles engaged in, White Plains. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Probably, Lyme, Conn. Date of application for pension, January 10, 1826. Residence at date of application, Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. Y. Age at date of application, Sixty-nine years.
Remarks:
John B. Cornwell, Esq., Very respectfully, 904 Railroad St., Gross Bldg., Tacoma, Wash.
Commissioner.

L. W. B. I. 44801.
This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
March 8, 1898.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Andrew Ely made an application for pension on January 10, 1826, at which time he was 69 years of age and residing at Marlborough, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. John Ely and Col. Parsons. He enlisted at Lyme, Conn.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. C. W. Crommell,
McBain, Michigan.

17 South Avenue, Beacon, N. Y., Sept., 20th, 1939.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
Have you any data in your Revolutionary War Files in re one Andrew Ely, who, I understand, was from Marlborough, Ulster County, N. Y.? Any information you will send me will be very much appreciated.
Yours very truly,
(Miss) Grey D. Aldridge

Rec. 16B 16
HOWARD S. F. RANDOLPH 260 WEST 76TH STREET NEW YORK CITY
TELEPHONE, COLUMBUS 6300
February 16, 1917.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I wish to have a certified copy of the pension record of Andrew Ely of New York State, who served in the War of the Revolution. He was born January 5, 1756 and died March 31, 1844. In an old letter it is stated that payment of his pension was resumed April 28, 1828.
If there is any cost attached to the above mentioned copy, kindly advise me, and I will remit.
Very truly yours,
Howard S. F. Randolph.

MAPLE. CHERRY. ROCK ELM. AND OTHER HARD-WOODS. CHAIR STUFF AND DIMENSION STOCK A SPECIALTY.
J. W. CROMWELL.
McBain, Mich.,
J. W. CROMWELL, Fort Wayne, Ind. C. W. CROMWELL, } McBain, Mich. W. O. CROMWELL, }
Cable Address: "Cromwell" Fort Wayne. A. B. C. Code used.
March 1, 1898.
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am referred to you by Mr. D. T. Bacon, Registrar Indiana Society, Sons of American Revolution, for a record of my great-grandfather, Andrew Ely, who died in Orange or Ulster County, New York, March 31st, 1844, aged 88 years. He was on the 1840 pension roll. Please give me what information you can, greatly obliging, roll.
Yours truly,
C. W. Cromwell.
To
Mr. H. Clay Evans

Heir. to John B. 904 Railroad St. Wash. M.C.L.
July 13/94 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Nov 8 98
At Cromwell
McBain mch 1917 Feb 17 Heir. to Flora J.F. Randolph. 1939 Oct 16 - heir Lucy E. Aldridge
44801
Rev INVALID.
File No. 44801
Andrew Ely
Rev. War.
Act: 18 th March 1818 1 st May 1820
Index: Vol. 3, Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870.]

19655
New York
Andrew Ely
of Ulster County in the State of New York who was a Captain in the Company commanded by Captain Ely of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons in the Connecticut line, for the term of nine months from February 1776 to 1 December 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st day of July 1826
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of August 1820 and sent to Walter Bane Esq Newburgh New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1826. $ 9- 31 Semi-ann. all ce ending
$ 9- 31
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Pension removed to letter 28 April 1828 to Hon. J. Hallack Jr. mss Penn. Agent

Suspension removed: by letters 28 April 1828 to Hon: J. Hallack Jr. ands Penni Agent

Andrew Ely New York
Original claim
Walter Basse Esq. Newburgh N.Y.
Proof within
Allowed - Pension to commence 31 July 1826

Hon. James
Dee Barber Esqr
Secretary of War Washington
Water-Bear Newburgh N.Y.
Recd 4 th Aug. 1826 ms. 19.870 Andrew Ely N.Y.

August 3 d 1826
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Sir
I herewith return the Process of Indictment amended according to your directions - I regret the trouble you have had in this case & would ob- serve that in consequence of the dist- ance at which the witnesses in many cases reside from me & also the Magis- trate & Clerk it is impossible for me to do more than draw a general form or give general directions
I am respectfully yours
Walter Lease

Rec? Dec. 6. 1827
Dr. Genl. J. B.
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Pension Office
Washington City

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Enclosed are affidavits & other evidence presented with a view of restoring Andrew Eliz to the Pension list
I am Respectfully yours Walter Case
November 30 1827-

J. W. Hicks Mantel, Grate & Tile Co.
44801 9
DEALERS IN
THE CELEBRATED ECONOMY WARM AIR FURNACES.
Mantels, Grates, Tiling, Brass Goods, Gas and Electric Fixtures.
Nos. 904 and 906 Railroad Street, Gross Building.
Tacoma, Wash. June 24 th 1895 Hon Comr of Pensions Washn D Dear Sir:
Kindly inform me if the name of Andrew Ely appears upon the pension rolls as a revolutionary soldier or of the war of 1872. Sincerely
Yours truly
Geo B Coonwell
O

183 184
Mr Andrew Ely
Marlborough Ulster County New York

New London County ss
I hereby certify that Ezra Pratt of Lyme in New London County, Esquire now is, and for more than six months last past, hath been, a Justice of the Peace in said New London County, duly qualified and acting under the authority of the State of Connecticut - In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court of said New London County at Norwich, this 13 th day of November A. D. 1827
Charles Lathrop Clerk

Ulster County Clerk's office ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster Do hereby Certify that George Bardsall Esquire was on the twenty ninth day of July 1826 a Justice of the Peace in and for Ulster County duly Commission- -ioned and sworn as such officer and by the laws of the State of New York authorised to take the said affidavits and further that I. am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verily be- -lieve the signature "George Bardsall" subscribed to the two annexed affidavits to be his proper hand writing —
In Testimony whereof I. have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court and County this thirty first day of July 1826 —
Jacob Snyder

Andrew and Seth Ely to Lewis Dubois as follows
Dr
   $     May 17 1817 Bond given for 530.00   Interest one year on the Bond 37.10   May 17 1818 Cr. Cash paid & work done 367.10   75.16   Interest to Nov. 4 1820 = 2 yrs 5 1/2 mo 491.94   Nov. 4 1820 Property then sold for 84.65   276.59   250.00   Interest to Oct. 20 1821 = 11 1/2 Months 326.59   Cr. Cash paid Oct. 20 1821 21.91   348.50   29.02   Interest to March 20 1823 359.48   33.73   353.19   Stoles Fees executing Deed &c 15.60   Advertising the property sold 8.00   House Rent due 70.82   Rent due on Lot of Sand 14.29   Books lent to the above date 17.14   March 20 1823 Cr. By Sawing and work done at the Dock 467.04   53.46   Then due to Dubois in Settlement 413.58   Interest on the above Balance to Jan. 1 1825 51.45   465.03   House Rent due 100.00   Rent on Lot of Sand 8.88   573.91   Cr. By Work done at the Dock 880.00   " " Books lent for Sawing 11.27   95.27   Jan. 1 1825 Balance then due is $ 482.64  

Ulster County ss. Lewis Dubois of the Town of Marlborough, County of Ulster & State of New York Being the same Lewis Dubois named in & who swore to the preceding Affidavit. Being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the within, is a true statement of the accounts between this deponent and Andrew Ely and Seth Ely who was security for the said Andrew aforesaid. And that the origin of said accounts respectively are therein truly set forth and that the sum of Four hundred and eighty Two Dollars and sixty four Cents, the Balance of said accounts was justly due to this deponent on the first day of January in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty five and still is justly due to him.
Sworn to and subscribed his name Lewis Dubois name before me this 29 Day of July 1826
George Birdsell J. of Peace
I George Birdsell one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Lewis Dubois and know him to be a credible witness given under my hand and seal this 29th Day of July 1826
George Birdsell J. of Peace
Ulster County State of New York Personally came before me George Birdsell one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County being being duly sworn saith that he was called on by Lewis Dubois as a clerk to settle the accounts of the within named Dubois and Andrew Ely and he believes the within to be a true state- ment of the accounts between the parties and he very believes that the whole accounts was just and true
sworn to and subscribed his name Joseph Lockwood before me this 29th Day of July 1826
George Birdsell J. of Peace
I George Birdsell one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster Do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the named Joseph Lockwood and know him to be a credible witness given under my hand and seal this 29th Day of July 1826
George Birdsell J. of Peace

State of Connecticut
Middlesex County p- Dan Platts of Say brook County of Middlesex & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with Andrew Eliz Esmine late of the Town of Lyme — in the County of New London In the State afo- resaid but now of the Town of Mark- borough County of Ulster and State of New York and this deponent fur- ther saith that in the year one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy six he served as Lieutenant in a Company commanded by Captain John Eliz in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel H. Ben- which Company was afterwards comman- ded by Captain Martin Cattern & the said John Eliz was promoted to the Com- mand of said Regiment as Colonel which Company and Regiment were in the line of the Continental army that com- ing in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred & seven- ty six at the Town of Lyme in the

county of New London & State aforesaid he enlis- ted as a private in said Company & served therein as a private soldier for the space of ten months & one half - That the term of said enlist- ment was nine months - That said company was first stationed at New London & was afterwards order- ed to join the United States Army at West Chester in the State of New York & that the said and said after the expiration of ten months & one half was honorably discharged at North Castle in the County of West Chester & State aforesaid & further saith that he was engaged as a private soldier at the battle of White Plains in the County of West Chester and State last aforesaid.
I worn this 10 day of - { October 1825 before me {
Van Platter
Samuel Jones Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of New London p st Abiel Ely of Lyme in the County & State aforesaid being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is personally acquainted with Andrew Ely in the preceding affidavit men- tioned and further saith that in the month of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy six the deponent served as an ensign in the Company commanded by Captain John Ely in the Regiment commanded by Colo- nel Samuel Parsons in the line of the Con- tinentals army which Company after the promotion of the said John Ely to the command of said Regiment was commanded by Captain Martin Butler that he continued to serve in said Company & Regiment until the month of _____ in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six that said Company be- longed to the line of the Continen- tal establishment & was first stationed at New London & afterwards joined the

United States army in the County of West Chester in the State of New York That said time in the month of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine the said Andrew at the New London aforesaid Town of Lyme in the County of New London aforesaid in the State of Connecticut aforesaid enlisted as a private in said company for nine months and continued to serve in the same as a private until he was honor- ably discharged at North Castle in the County of West Chester in the State of New York between ten & eleven months after his said enlist- ment that said company was first stationed at New London & afterwards joined the Continental army at West Chester in the State of New York aforesaid & further saith that, the said Andrew served as a private as aforesaid at the Battle of White Plains in the County of West Chester and State of New York aforesaid Sworn this 8th day of October 1825 before me
Isaac D. D. D. D. D.
The words "New London aforesaid" interlined
Ebenezer D. D. D. D. D.

July
County of Litchfield  New London - Peter Pearson of the Town of Conneaut  Lyme County & State afore- said being duly sworn doth depose & say that he is personally acquainted with Andrew Ely in the manner following particularly described. That this deponent together with the said Andrew enlisted in the Company com- manded by Captain John Ely at the Town of Lyme in the County of New London and State aforesaid as private soldiers sometime in the month of February in the year of one thousand seven hundred & twenty six. for nine months Said Company was after- wards commanded by Captain Martin Gethin & the said John Ely was promo- ted to the command of said Regiment and this deponent further saith that the said Andrew Ely & this deponent con- tinued to serve as privates in said Company & Regiment between ten or eleven months & were at the ex-

duration of said term honorably discharged at North Castle in the State of New York & in the County of West Ches- ter & the deponent also saith that said Company & Regiment during the time of said service belonged to the line of the Continental establishment That said Company was first stationed at New London and was subsequently ordered to join the United States Army at West Ches- ter in the State of New York & the deponent further saith that the said Andrew Ely was engaged in the battle of White Plains as a private as aforesaid
Sworn this 8 th day of October 1825 before me The word "Hitchfield" erased & the word "New London" written over it & the word "Cornwall" erased & the word "Lyme" written over it & the word "for nine months" interlined before signing
Abel Pearson
Ezra Gats Justice of Peace

I, Thomas Day, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Ezra Pratt Esquire of Lyme in the County of New London, is, and for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of New London, and that Samuel Jones, Esquire of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex, is, and for more than one year last past has been, a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex, each of said Justices having been duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, being fully authorized and empowered, by the Laws of said State, to administer oaths to witnesses, and to take Depositions and Affidavits out of Court. And I further certify, that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the Official acts and attestations of each of said Justices. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto

set my Hand, and affixed the seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, this twenty- first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Thomas Day

State of New York — Orange County ss. Andrew By the person named Ulster I in the annexed affidavit — being duly sworn deponeth and saith that in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen he owned the equal undivided half part of a certain lot of land situated in the Town of Marlborough County of Ulster & State of New York it being about the one half of an acre of land on which was a dwelling house barn and saw mill which said lot was of the value of three hundred dollars & was subject to a Mortgage to Lewis Dubois for five hundred and thirty dol- lars. and also subject to a Judgment for one hundred and fifty dollars including costs & this deponent further saith that the per- sonal property of this deponent consist- ed of the articles mentioned in the Sche- dules marked A & B herunto annexed over and above the personal property exemp- ted by law not exceeding twenty five dollars That the whole amount in value of the personal property of this deponent could not exceed fifty five dollars which with the real property a- mounted in all to three hundred &

fifty five dollars That said Lot was at the time aforesaid subject to a Mortgage executed by this deponent & his wife to Lewis Dubois of the Town of Marllo rough aforesaid to secure the payment of the sum of five hundred and thirty dollars and also to a judgment for one hundred and fifty dollars includ- ing the costs of suit - That the real property aforesaid of this deponent was sold by virtue of said Mortgage to the said Lewis Dubois for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars leaving a balance due to the said Du- bois of three hundred and fifty nine dollars and ninety five cents over and above all the whole amount of the sale of said real property as aforesaid which added to other accounts and interest amounts to the sum of four hundred and eighty two dollars & sixty four cents due to the said Lewis Dubois which the said Andrew has no property or other means of paying the said Lewis Besides the money due & owing by him

has no property or other means of paying the said Lewis Besides the money due & owing by the deponent to the said Lewis The De- ponent was considerably indebted to various other persons & still re- mains indebted as aforesaid & this deponent further saith that his per- sonal property aforesaid was on the sixteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty sold by David Osborn as Bailiff of Lewis Dubois this depo- nents Landlord for the rent then due said Dubois it being forty five dollars & further saith that the said Mortgage was given for money borrow- ed by this deponent which money was applied to pay off an execution against this deponent in the hands of the said David Osborn Deputy Sheriff as aforesaid which execution was in favour of the Bank of Orange County and also to pay a balance at that time due by this depo- nent to the said Lewis Dubois

and this deponent further saith that the account of his property set forth in the annexed affidavit is correct and that no material variation in the same has since taken place sworn this 9 th day of June 1826 before me George Birdsell J.P. Peace
I George Birdsell one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Ulster, do certify that I am personally acquainted with Andrew Ely, the above named Deponent and I believe him to be a credible witness given under my hand and seal this 9 th day of June 1826
Ulster County
Clerk's office
Esq: I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby cer- tify that George Birdsell was on the day of the date of the above affidavit a justice of the peace in and for Ulster County duly appointed and sworn as such officer and further that I am acquain- ted with the hand writing of said justice and verily believe the signature "George Birdsell" subscribed above to be the proper hand writing of said justice.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this thirty first day of July A.D. 1826.
Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County ss David Osborne the person mentioned in the preceding affidavit being duly sworn deposeth and saith that all that part of the preceding affi- davit which relates to the deponent's having sold the personal property of the above named Andrew Ely as bailiff of Lewis Dubois is true and further saith that on the 19 th day of May in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred & seventeen he this deponent as Deputy Sheriff in and for the County of Ulster held an execution in favour of the Bank of Orange County for the sum of five Hun- dred dollars thirty nine Cents damages & costs against the said Andrew Ely on which on the day and year aforesaid the said Andrew paid this deponent four hundred and twenty five dollars & thirty nine cents which the said

and we borrowed of Lewis Dubois the person named in the preceding affidavit & which constituted a part of the money for which the Mortgage mentioned in the preceding affidavit was given by the said Andrew Ellis to the said Lewis Dubois as the disponent was at that time inform- ed & believes to be true
Sworn this 9 th day of June David Osborne Attest in the year 1826
Before me George Birdsall Justice of Peace
I George Birdsall one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named David Osborn and know him to be a credible Witness given under my hand and seal this 9 th day of June 1826
George Birdsall

Lynne Lee 21 Ruby
183/4
At: Andrew Oly Marlborough Ulster County State of New York

I Ezra Pratt Justice of the Peace, in and for the town of Lyme County of New London and State of Connecticut do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Dan Platts of Saybrook County of Middlesex and State aforesaid. Adriel Ely of Lyme in the County of New London aforesaid. Peter Pearson of the town of Lyme aforesaid, and that they are each of them Respectable Men, and Credible Witnesses and that Peter Pearson and Adriel Ely in the annexed affidavit mentioned were severally sworn before me on the Eighth day of October as stated by me at the bottom of the affidavit preceding Affidavit.
With - State of Connecticut } County of New London } To Lyme 18 th Feb y . } 1824
Ezra Pratt Justice of Peace -

Certificate of Thomas Day Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut —
19. P70. Ananias Bly, Ulster County, N. York.
Master Calvin. Newburgh New York

State of New York } Nelson County }
for Lewis Dubois the person named in the preamble affidavit of the said Andrew Ely being duly sworn, doth depose and say that in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighteen he owned a Mort- gage on the Lot of the said Andrew Ely described in his said affidavit which was given to secure the payment of five hundred and thirty Dollars with the lawful interest which should accrue thereon, and was dated the twenty-sixth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, - that on the twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty one the said Lot above mentioned was sold by virtue of a Power contained in said Mortgage at Public Auction for the sum of two hundred and fifty Dollars, and purchased by one Cornelius Bolhamus for the Deponent to whom the said Lot was afterwards conveyed by the said Cornelius - that besides the said two hundred and fifty Dollars afore- said, the said Andrew was indebted to the Deponent in various accounts which together with the said sum of three hundred thirty Dollars and twenty seven Cents due on said Mortgage (after deducting the said two hundred and fifty Dollars the amount for which said Lot was sold as aforesaid to the said Cornelius Bolhamus) and the interest thereon due accumulated on the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty five to four hundred eighty two Dollars and sixty four Cents which still remains due and owing to the Deponent, - and the Deponent further saith that the account of the Deponent against the said Andrew amounted on the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty five at which time the said Lewis settled accounts with the said Andrew to the sum of one hundred and seventy one dol- lars and thirty seven Cents over and above the money due as aforesaid on said Mortgage, which sum together

with the Interest then on due, still remains due and un- paid - that said account against the said Andrew consists principally of Interest accruing on the Balance due on said Mortgage after said sale on the twen- tieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty one as aforesaid to the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty five the time of the last settlement between this Depo- nent and the said Andrew as aforesaid, and also of rent due this deponent for the use and occupation of a house and lot of this deponent in the village of Marlborough in the County of Ulster aforesaid from the time of the sale under said Mortgage as aforesaid to the said first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty five - that a part of said account of this deponent against the said Andrew is for the Costs of Foreclosing said Mortgage and drawing the necessary deeds and the residue for goods, wares and merchandise furnished by this deponent to the said Andrew for the use of himself and family - And further this deponent saith that Seth Ely named in the said Bond and Mortgage was security for the said Andrew to this deponent And this deponent further saith that on the sixteenth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty he as the Landlord of the said Andrew Ely sold all his Personal Property for the sum of thirty dollars & seventy five Cents at which sale David Osborn Dep- uty Sheriff of Ulster County aforesaid acted as his Bailiff. And further this deponent saith not.

Sworn this 4 th day of July 1826 by you then George Birdsell J. of Peace
Lewis Dubois - -
I George Birdsell do certify that I am personally acquainted with Lewis Dubois the person mentioned in the above affidavit and saw him subscribe his name and I do know him to be a credible witness given under my hand at Marlborough in said County of Ulster this 4 th day of July 1826 George Birdsell J. of Peace
Ulster County Clerk's office Yrs:
I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster do hereby certify that George Birdsell Esquire was on the days of the dates of the annexed two and the above affidavits a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Ulster duly appointed and sworn as such officer and by the laws of said State authorized to take affidavits &c. and a further that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice and verify the signatures "George Birdsell" to the said foregoing & annexed affidavits to be his proper hand writing — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this thirty first day of July A. D. 1826 —
Jacob Snyder

Registered for Lewis Dubois this twenty fourth day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventeen at six O'clock P.M.
A. Register of a Mortgage made the seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. Between Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely of the town of Marlborough County of Ulster and state of New York of the first part and Lewis Dubois of the town County and state aforesaid For all that Certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the town of Marlborough County of Ulster and state of New York aforesaid bounded as follows to wit Beginning at a stone at the south west corner of Andrew Croppsey land by the highway that leads west thence north ten degrees east one chain and sixty links to a rock oak sapling near the pond thence north forty degrees west one chain and sixty seven links into the saw mill pond thence south eighty five degrees west up the pond until it strikes the north and south line of a Certain lot sold to Mary Varity thence southerly by the said line to the highway to a stone set up in the ground marked A. at the southeast corner of the said Mary Varitys lot thence by the highway three chains and seventy two links to the place of beginning bounded north by the lands of Lewis Dubois East by the lands of Andrew Croppsey West by Mary Varitys lot and south by the highway Containing Three quarters of an acre of land be the same more or less - In which said Mortgage there

is a recital that whereas the said Andrew and Seth Ely of the first part are justly indebted to the said party of the second part in the just and full sum of Five hundred and thirty dollars lawful money of the United States of America secured to be paid to the said party of the second part by a Certain bond or obligation bearing even date with these presents in the Penal sum of One thousand and sixty dollars Conditioned for the payment of Five hundred and thirty dollars on or before the twenty fifth day of December next with the lawful interest thereon With a proviso also in the said mortgage contained that if the said parties of the first part then being Executors or administrators shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid into the said party of the second part his Executors Administrators or assigns the said sum of money mentioned in the Condition of the said recited bond or obligation then the said mortgage to be void And in case of default it shall be lawful for the said party of the second part his heirs executors administrators and assigns to enter into and upon all and singular the premises hereby granted or intended to be and to grant bargain sell and dispose of the same and all benefit and equity of redemption of the said parties of the first part their heirs executors administrators or assigns therein at Public auction according to the act of the Legislature in such case made and provided And as the attorney of the said parties of the first part for that purpose by these presents duly Constituted and appointed to make seal and execute and

deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a good and sufficient deed or deeds of Conveyance in the law for the same in fee simple and out of the monies arising from such sale to retain the principal and interest which shall then be due on the said bond or obligation according to the Condition thereof together with all the Costs and Charges of advertisement and sale of the same rendering the overplus of the Purchase monies (if any there shall be) unto the said Parties of the first part their heirs executors administrators or assigns - which sale so to be made shall for ever be a perpetual bar both in law and equity against the said parties of the first part their heirs and assigns and all other persons claiming or to claim the premises or any part thereof by from or under them or any of them. —
State of New York ss: — Be it remembered that on the Seventeenth day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and Seventeen personally appeared before me Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely Known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the within Indenture of Mortgage and severally acknowledged before me that they executed the same for the uses and Purposes therein mentioned and the said Hannah Ely the wife of the said Andrew Ely being examined by me privately and apart from her said husband acknowledged before me that she executed the same freely without any fear or Compulsion of or from her said husband And finding no material erasures or interlineations therein except such as were

noted before signing do allow the same to be recorded
Gilbert Ogden Fowler Master in Chancery
A true Registered & Record
Christ d Tappan Atty
Ulster County
Clerks office } ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County Do hereby Certify the foregoing to be a true Copy from the Register of a Mortgage in this office in Book of Mortgages N o 15. on pages 336. & 337. — — — — — "
In Testimony whereof I. have here- unto set my hand. and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty- ninth day of June A. D. 1826.
Jacob Snyder

This Indenture made the twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one Between Lewis Dubois of the town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster and State of New York of the first part and Cornelius Polhamus of the same town County and State aforesaid of the sec- -ond part Whereas Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely of the town County and State aforesaid by a Certain Indenture of Mortgage bearing date the seventeenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and seventeen made between the said Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely and the said Lewis Dubois for the Consideration of the sum of five hundred and thirty dollars did bargain sell and Convey unto the said Lewis Dubois heirs and assigns forever All that Certain piece or parcel of land here- -in after Particularly described with the appurten- -ances Subject to a proviso in the said Indenture of Mortgage contained that the same should be void on Payment by the said Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely their heirs executors admin- -istrators or assigns to the said Lewis Dubois or his Certain attorney or attorneys heirs executors administra- -tors or assigns the sum of Five hundred and thirty dollars in the manner particularly specified in the Condition of a Certain bond or obligation bearing even date with the said Indenture of Mortgage with a special power in the said Indenture of Mortgage contained Authorizing the said Lewis Dubois his heirs executors administrators or assigns that if default should be made in the payment of the said sum of

money mentioned in the Condition of the said bond or Obligation with the interest or of any part thereof to sell and dispose of the mortgaged premises or any part thereof at Public vendue and to make and execute good and sufficient Deed or Deeds of Conveyance to the Purchaser or Purchasers his her or their heirs or assigns And whereas the said Indenture of Mortgage has been duly Proved and the same Registered according to Law as by the said Indenture of Mortgage and the records thereof and of the Power therein Contained reference being thereto had may more fully and at large appear And whereas Default having been made in the Payment of the Principal and interest moneys intended to be secured by the said Indenture of Mortgage the mortgaged premises herein after Particularly described were on the twentieth day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty one sold at Public vendue to the said party of the second part for the sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars being the highest sum bid for the same Public notice having been Previousy given of such sale by advertisement inserted Published and Contained at least once a week for six successive months Previous to the sale in a Public Newspaper Called the Ulster Gazette printed in the Village of Kingston in the County of Ulster in which County the mortgaged premises are Situate a Copy of which advertisement was duly affixed upon the outward door of the Court house, in the village of Kingston in said County Now Therefore this Indenture Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in

Consideration of the said sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained sold aliened released and confirmed and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever All that certain piece or parcel of lands situate lying and being in the town of Marlborough County of Ulster and State of New York aforesaid bounded as follows to wit Beg- inning at a stone at the south west corner of Andrew Kropseys lands by the highway that leads west thence north ten degrees east one Chain and sixty links to a rock oak saplin near the pond thence north forty degrees west one Chain and sixty seven links into the saw mill pond thence south eighty five degrees west up the pond until it strikes the north and south line of a certain lot sold to Mary Varty thence south- erly by the said line to the highway to a stone set up in the ground marked letter A. at the south east corner of the said Mary Varty's lot thence by the highway three Chains and seventy two links to the place of beginning bounded north by the lands of Lewis Dubois East by the lands of Andrew Kropsey West by Mary Varty's lot and south by the highway Containing Three quarters of an acre of land be the same more or less Together with all and singular the tenements hereditaments and appurtenances therein belonging or in any wise appertaining as the same is described and conveyed

in and by the said Indenture of Mortgage and also all or the estate right title interest property Claim and demand, title whatsoever both in law and equity of the said Andrew Ely and Hannah his wife and Seth Ely as well as of the the said Party of the first part of in and to the above to described premises with their appurtenances as fully to all intents and purposes as the said Party of the first Part hath Power and authority to grant and sell the same by virtue of the said Indenture of Mort- gage and of the Statute in such Case made and provided or otherwise To Have and To Hold the said above mentioned and described premises with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said party of the second Part his heirs and assigns to their sole and only proper use benefit and behoof of the said party of the second Part his heirs and assigns forever - In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written — Sealed and delivered in the presence of - John Cole } Lewis Dubois Thompson Polhamus }
N.B. the words "mois" was erased and the word "Andrew" interlined on the fourth fifth eighth & thirty- second lines by Consent of the Parties before acknow- ledgment in Presence of Joseph Lockwood —
State of New York Ulster County ss: On the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six before me personally came Lewis Dubois to me known

to be the person described in the within deed and acknowledged that he signed sealed and delivered the within Deed for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and finding no material erasures or interlineations in it except those noted at the bottom do allow the same to be recorded — —
David Staples Commissioner
A true Record entered the twenty eight day of June 1826 at 4. O'clock P.M. the words "and" on Page 9. and "Personally" 10. Obliterated — — — —
Jacob Snyder Clerk
Ulster County
Clerks office 3 ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County Do hereby Certify the foregoing to be a true Copy from the Record of a Deed in Book No 29. on Pages 9 & 10. — — — — —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County this twenty ninth day of June A. D. 1826.
Jacob Snyder

I know all men by these presents that I. Cornelius Polhamus of the town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster and State of New York in Consideration of the sum of Two hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid by Lewis Dubois of the same town the receipt whereof I. do hereby acknowledge have granted bargained sold and quitclaimed and by these presents do grant bargain sell and quitclaim unto the said Lewis Dubois and to his heirs and assigns forever All my right title interest estate Claim and demand both at law and in equity and as well in possession as in expectancy of in and to all that certain lot piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the said town of Marlborough and particularly described in the within deed with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging —
In Witness whereof I. have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one — — — — —
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the Presence of
John Cole
Thompson Polhamus
State of New York
Ulster County } ss:
On the twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six before me personally came Cornelius Polhamus to me known
to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, whose name is subscribed to the same and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.

to be the Person described in the above Deed of Conveyance and acknowledged that he signed sealed and delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned and finding no erasures or interpolations in it do allow the same to be registered
David Staples Commissioner
A true record entered the twenty eight day of June 1826 at 4 O'clock P.M. — being a Release or Quit claim written on the Deed recorded on pages 9 & 10.
Jacob Snyder Clerk
Ulster County
Clerks office } ss: I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Ulster Do hereby Certify the foregoing to be a true from the Record of a Deed in Book No 29. on Page 11. — " — — —
In Testimony whereof I. have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty ninth day of June A. D. 1826 —
Jacob Snyder

State of New York
Ulster County Clerk's office S ff : I Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County Do hereby Certify that - David Osborne Esquire was a Deputy Sheriff in and for the County of Ulster in and during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty duly appointed and sworn as such Deputy Sheriff In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty ninth day of May A.D. 1826. —
Jacob Snyder
Due as aforesaid on said Mortgage, which sum together

Ulster County Clerk's office Esq. I. Jacob Snyder Clerk of the County of Ulster and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County Do hereby Certify that George
Birdsall Esquire is on the day of the date of this Certificate a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Ulster duly appointed and sworn as such officer and further that he has been an acting Justice in and for said County for some time last past In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court and County this twenty ninth day of May 1826
Jacob Snyder
of ... a mortgage, which sum together

Rec d July 17. 1826
19. 870.
Andrew Ely.
Ulster Co. N. Y.
Walter base.
Newburgh, N. Y.
Service admitted.
Ames
Allen

Original Claim
Andrew Ely - Ulster County - New York, enlisted as a private in Col. Parsons regiment, Connecticut line, in the company commanded by Captain John Ely, for the term of 9 months from February 1776 Disch d about 1 st December of the same year.
(Service proved)
By industry and economy has been hitherto enabled to live.
This Declaration is dated 10 th Jany 1826.
Containing a few articles of personal property valued at $ 35. 00
On the 18 th March 1818 he was in possession of the undivided half of 1 1/2 acres of land, on which were erected a dwelling house, barn and saw mill of the value of $300. and about $55 worth of personal property, $25 of which was exempted by law. That his real estate was subject to a mortgage to Lewis Dubois for $530 and a judgment for $150 including costs of suit. That both real and personal property have been since sold and applied in part payment of the debt to Dubois, leaving a large balance yet due.
From the affidavits of Dubois 1 st and 2 d it appears that the origin of the mortgage to him, was for money lent claimant in the year 1817. Principal $530. A credit is given for the property received, leaving a balance of $482.64 still due him - His account is swelled by charges for interest House rent &c. see the last page in file.
The application of the money borrowed from Dubois is proved by the testimony of David Osborn Sheriff - He states that in May 1817 he had an execution against claimant for $500.39 in favor of the Bank of Orange and that on the 9 th of that month and year the claimant paid him out of the money he borrowed from Dubois $426.39. He also deposes to the sale of claimants mortgaged property, and his personal exhibits (a copy of the advertisement of sale pursuant to the

terms of the mortgage. He acted as the Bailiff of Dubois. The mortgage (copy) is exhibited for the claimant's moiety of the land say 3/4 acres - Dated 17 th May 1817. Recorded 24 th May 1817. Conditioned for the repayment of $530, and containing a covenant to expose to sale in default of repayment.
Property was sold on the 20 th October 1821 and bought in by Polhamus for Dubois.
Deed to Polhamus exhibited of that date corroborative. On the same day Polhamus conveys the said land to Dubois, the original mortgagor. Deed from Polhamus exhibited corroborative, Recorded 28 th June 1826.
Claimant 69 years of age. Refers to "having a family"; but does not name the members - Occupation not stated; but probably is a Shoemaker from some of the articles in his schedule.
I certify that I have examined this case and am of the opinion that according to the principles which have governed in previous decisions the claim ought to be admitted.

Original claim
= Andrew Ely. New York Proof

At a General Assembly of the Governour and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut in New-England in America, holden at Hartford in said Colony, on the second Thursday of May, being the ninth day of said month, and continued by several adjournments until the eighth day of June following, Annoque Domini, 1776—
Whereas the General Assembly of this colony, in their present session, enacted, that one regiment of the inhabitants of this Colony be immediately raised by voluntary enlistment, and the troops at and about New-London and New-Haven, shall, in the same way, be augmented into a second regiment, for the special defence of this and the neighbouring colonies, and to be subject to join the Continental army, if ordered by the Captain Generals, or commanders in chief, as the case may require, and to be holden in said service until the first day of January next, unless sooner discharged, and for the encouragement of such able bodied and effective men as shall voluntarily enlist themselves into said service, to the acceptance of proper officers,
Resolved by this Assembly that every such person, as aforesaid, on such enlistment, shall be entitled to twelve shillings premium, in case

he supply himself with a blanket, knapsack, and cloathing to the acceptance of his captain, and one month's pay advanced; that each sergeant shall receive forty eight shillings, each corporal and drummer and fifer, forty four shillings, each private, forty shillings per calendar month for wages during their continuance in said service; that each man so enlisted as aforesaid, who shall provide arms for himself, well fixed with a good bayonet and cartouch box, shall be paid a premium of ten shillings, and in case such arms are lost by inevitable providence, such man so providing himself, shall be allowed and paid the just value of such arms and implements so lost, deducting said premium of ten shillings, said premium of ten shillings to be paid as soon as such man shall be so provided as aforesaid, a particular account shall be taken of all the arms that may be used, and the same appraised by in- judges, different, and each man so engaging as aforesaid, shall, upon his enlistment, be entitled to six pence per diem for billeting money, until he is otherwise provided for by the publick.
And it is further resolved by this assembly, that if said troops to be raised as aforesaid, or any part of them, shall, by order of the captain General, or commander in chief, join the

Continental army, or be taken into continental service or pay, they shall be entitled to the same wages, to be continued as above, and be allowed one penny per mile out and home for marching expenses; and every man in the continental service, who shall provide himself with a good blanket, shall receive twelve shillings, lawful money, therefor, and take it away with him, at the end of the campaign, and have such other encouragement as will be given to the continental troops. —
Thomas Day, Esquire, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the seal thereof, certifyeth, to all persons whom it doth or may concern, that the above and foregoing is a true copy of record.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the publick seal of said state, at the city of Hartford this twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five —
Thomas Day

War Department Pension Office, September 25. 1827
Sir,
A pension was granted to you in August 1826 on account of service alleged to have to have been performed in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parsons of Connecticut. There has recently been presented at this Office the claim of one Gabriel Ely, who states that he served in the same company to which you were attached, and that that company, John Ely's, was a part of Colonel Smith's regiment. If this be the fact, your name must be dropt from the pension roll, because Smith did not belong to the continental establishment, and the law under which you obtained a pension, provides for none who did not belong to that establishment. The Agent for paying pensions in New York has been directed to stop the payment of your pension; and it will remain suspended until a full investigation of the subject can be had.
I am very respectfully, Your obt. Servt. J. L. Edwards
W m Andrew Ely, Care of Walter Case, Esq r . Newburgh, New York.

J. L. Edwards Esq Dr Sir
I herewith enclose you Evidence which I trust you will deem sufficient to entitle Andrew Ely to be restored to the Pension list I have only to observe that Dan Platt who was an officer in the Company of Captain John Ely is dead or we should have procured his affidavit to the same facts to which Adrial Ely & Peter Pearson have testified — As it appears that Gabriel Ely belong- ed to the same Company it is evi- dent he was altogether mistaken as to that Company belonging to Col Smiths Regiment — a circumstance

not at all surprising when I've consider the length of time which has elapsed & the extreme old age of Gabriel fly at the time
I am Respectfully yours
Walter Case

Rev. James Barbour Post Office 19 March, St. John

Dear James Barbauer
In forward the enclosed to your Department for Examination - an Answer to the result of the Exam- ination is desirable as soon as convenient -
Yours &c John Hallock Jr
Washington March 18-1828

10.
Mr. Andrew Bly Marlborough Ulster county State of New-York
Frederick Douglass Letter—
10

Hartford (Conn.) Feb y 26. 1828.
Mr. Andrew Ely, Sir,
Your letter of the 6 th inst. was received a few days since. Other engagements have prevented me from replying to it before this time, and now I do not know that I can render you any service. Nothing appears in this Office, but the doings of the General Assembly. What was done by Congress, I know nothing of, in my capacity of Secretary.
In April 1775, the General Assembly of Connecticut passed an Act, providing that one fourth part of the Militia of the colony should be enrolled, and formed into six Regiments for defence against England; and under this Act Samuel H. Parsons Esq. was appointed colonel of the 6 th Regiment and captain of the 1 st company. - The captains of the other companies in Col. Parsons's Regiment were John Tyler (who was Lieut. Col.) of the 2 nd . Samuel Prentice (who was Major) of the 3 rd ; - William Coit of the 4 th ; - James Chapman Jr. of the 5 th ; Waterman Clegg of the 6 th ; - Edward Mott of the 7 th ; - Samuel Gale of the 8 th ; - John Ely of the 9 th ; - and Abel Spicer of the 10 th . - In the Fall of 1775, I am inform-

ed that S. H. Parsons was appointed colonel, by Congress; and in July or August of 1876, a Brigadier-General; but these are matters, as I have before suggested, that do not appear in my Office. If I can render you any assistance, I will do it cheerfully; but I perceive that you, in common with many others, labour under a mistake with regard to the extent of the information to be derived from my Office on these subjects.
I am, respectfully, Your Chief Clerk Thomas Day
Mr. Andrew Ely. —
Orange County ss. Andrew Ely of the Town of Marlborough late a prisoner on the Penitentiary Roll of the United States being duly sworn doth depose and say that the above signature of Thomas Day is the handwriting of Thomas Day Secretary of State of the State of Connecticut That this deponent is well acquainted with his handwriting & received this letter in answer to one which he wrote to the said Secretary of State & this deponent further saith that the facts stated in said letter relative

to Col Parsons & his Regiment & the officers in the same & the time of his being appointed Colonel by Congress in the line of the Con- tinental establishment are true
Andrew Ely
Sworn this 10 th day of March 1828 before me
R. H. Mace
a commissioner to take affidavits &c

Capt Mathews Affidavit

I Samuel Mathew of Lyme County of New London & State of Connecticut of lawfull age depose & say that I am acquainted with Andrew Dly formerly of Lyme, and also I am acquainted with Merial Dly & Peter Parsons of all of Lyme and that they are all of them, Men of Respectable standing in Society, & of Truth & Veracity I have no doubt but that the deposition of theirs, in the case of Andrew Dly with Alexander Dly his Services in the Army of the Revolution, are true - Sam l Mathew -
New London County of Lyme personally appeared Samuel Mathew & Made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition. before me this 28th Day of July 1828
Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace -
I certify that the deponent is a Respectable man in this Town & a man of Truth & Veracity Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace -
Some time in the Month of May 1776 I had orders to March to New London with the Company. Raised for that purpose. I joined the Regiment under the command of Col. Asa Wolcott, at this time Capt. John Dly's Company was at New London. Col. Samuel H. Parsons Regiment was Stationed on Winthrop's Neck in the year. 1775 upon the Continental Establishment as Col. Sam l H. Parsons never was a Militia Colonel Sam l Mathew -
New London County of Lyme 28th July 1828 personally appeared Samuel Mathew & Made oath to the truth of the foregoing Certificate before me Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace
I certify that the deponent is a man of Truth & Veracity Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace

Peter Pearson of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut of Lawfull age. Made oath to the following questions. - viz-
Question first Were you acquainted with Andrew Ely in the year 1776? - - - - - Answer - I was. - - - - -
Question 2 nd - Was he in the continental establishment in Col. Parsons Regiment with you in Capt. John Ely Company when you enlisted in the year 1776 -
Answer - He was. -
Question - 3 rd who Enlisted you?
Answer - Adrial Ely. -
Question 4 th . was you at any time commanded by any other Captain except by Capt. John Ely,
Answer - Yes Capt. Martin Cotten took the command of the Company the latter part of the Campaign and Capt. John Ely was Advanced in office
Question 5. Where was you Stationed in the Campaign of 1776
Answer. first we were Stationed at New London in Connecticut until Long Island was taken by the British. then our Company was ordered into the State of New York and Joined the Main Army in Westchester and was there at the time of the Battle at White Plains and was discharged. at North Castle
Question 6. Was you at any time in Colonel Smiths Regiment. - - - - -
Answer - Not to My Knowledge. - Peter Pearson Dated at Lyme 31 st October A.D. 1827 -
New London County ss Lyme on this 31 st day of October A.D. 1827. Peter Pearson. Made oath too & Subscribed the above deposition. before me
Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace -

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Mr. Peter Larson, the subscriber of the within deposition & believe him to be a man of Truth & Veracity.
Ezra Hatt Justice of the Peace

I Adrial Ely of Lyme County of New London & State of Connecticut of Lawfull age depose & say that I am acquainted with Andrew Ely.
Question. Was he in Col Parsons Regiment in the year of our Lord 1776 in the continental establishment.
Answer. He was-
Question. Do you know who Enlisted him, and what company he Joined?
Answer I was a recruiting officer. and Enlisted said Andrew Ely in the continental line in the State of Connecticut, to Join Capt John Ely's company, in Colonel Parsons Regiment
Question When did he Enlist
Answer Some time in the Month of Febf. 1776
Question For what term of time did he Ely Enlist?
Answer For Nine Months.
Question did he serve that time
Answer he did & Some longer say about 10 or 11 Months
Question Where was your company Stationed that campaign
Answer. We were first Stationed at New London in Connecticut and some time in the Summer when Long Island was taken by the British we were ordered by our Superior officers to Join the main army at Westchester and was at White Plains when the Battle was fought.
Question Who commanded the company at that time
answer Captain Martin Cattle; Capt. John Ely, was advanced in office

Justin you say you enlisted since Andrew Ely did you enlist any others into the same company.
Answer I enlisted Peter Pearson Abner Beckwith Gabriel Ely and several others into the same company —
Question Who was your Lieutenant
Answer Dan Platts was first Lieutenant after Lieutenant Collins was advanced to be a captain and I was second Lieutenant —
Question did Colonel Smith command the Regiment to which this company belonged?
Answer Not to my knowledge, and if I have heretofore signed any certificate or deposition differing essentially from the above it was done by mistake, as I never knew any Col Smith belonging to the Regiment that I was in —
Daniel Ely
Dated at Lyme this 31 st day of October A.D. 1827
New London County ss Lyme on this 31 st day of October A.D. 1827 Personally appeared Captain Daniel Ely, and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace —
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Captain Daniel Ely the subscriber of the foregoing deposition, and believe him to be a man of credibility, D. Ely being a Respectable Inhabitant of the Town of Lyme —
Dated at Lyme this 31 st day of October 1827. —
Ezra Hatt Justice of Peace

Dear Sir,
Non John Walloch Junior In House Representatives Washington City
Nov 19 March 1828 Hon. J. Walloch Jr. M.P. Wolfe Tone Street, City

Hon
March 11 1828
John Wallock Esq
Dear Sir
The documents relative to the New Tariff were duly received for which I beg you to accept my thanks
I have taken the liberty to enclose some affidavits relating to the case of Andrew Ely Esq late a prisoner of the United States under the law of 1818 but struck from the rolls in consequence of the application of one Gabriel Ely who belonged to the said company & thro imbecility or age intemperance or the forgetfulness I am not to say has in an application he made for a pension sworn that John Ely's company in which they both served belonged to Col one Smith's Regiment when in fact no man by the name of Smith ever commanded said Regiment. This was undoubtedly a mistake of Gabriel Ely. Andrew Ely's affidavit is confirmed by the testimony of a number of Respectable men who knew him some of whom served with him and one of whom enlisted him was the recruiting officer who enlisted him I am well acquainted with Doctor Mather of Lyme one of the deponents in the enclosed affidavits & will acquaint with the characters of others who have sworn to the service of Andrew Ely in the company of Capt John Ely (the father of our late Invergate) whose company belonged to Col Parsons Regiment in the line of the Continental establishment & I know

them to be men of veracity and of the first respectability - I some time since had transmitted to the Secretary of War the copy of a law of the State of Connecticut passed in May 1776 authorizing the raising of certain troops without attending to its date - Mr Edwards considered this law as an insuperable difficulty because admitting it to be the law under which a certain Regiment was raised it could not have served nine months as according to his own statement he was discharged some time in the latter part of December of the same year But the affidavits establish four facts which cannot be disputed 1st that Eliz enlisted in the month of February 1776 in the company of Captain John Eliz 2d That company belonged to Parsons Regiment 3d That Parsons Regiment was not a Militia Regiment but belonged to the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continental establishment & 4th That Eliz served in that company & Regiment upwards of nine months & was discharged after the battle of White Plains in which he was engaged I say these facts are established beyond the possibility of a doubt and it follows of course that Parsons Regiment must have been raised under some other law either of Congress or the State of Connecticut because the Regiment which was unquestionably on the Continental establishment was raised long anterior to the law a copy of which I transmitted to the War Office & and said Eliz enlisted 3 months before its passage
Will you be so kind as to take this case under your particular care & protection The applicant is a very respectable Man late a Justice of the Peace of the Town in which

he lives but time and misfortune have left him but the wreck of what he was I have been personally acquainted with him many years & have no more doubt that he is entitled to a pension under the Law of 1818 than the sun will shine. I feel a deep interest in his success When I see as I do daily the sons of old Revolutionary Forces rising into power & under the shadow of tyranny officers in this Republic which they & their fathers have sought to destroy & which gave the first favourable opportunity (for their principles without the aid of Land naturally work corruption of blood) I must confess I am mortified But when I see the Remnant of that Army which after establishing our lib- ties was discharged without pay covered with Rags but loaded with badges of dis- tinction; Hobbling in the dust of the char- iot wheels of the Men who strove in vain enslave us, I cannot suppress a dignation A law has been passed for their Relief which will long remain a monu- ment of the Justice & gratitude of the Present generation & I trust that no in- dividual will have a right to com- plain that in consequence of its strict interpretation it is a curse in- stead of blessing
I Remain Sincerely Yours -
Walter Case
N.B. The remainder of the affidavits are on file at the war office

Orange County ss - Andrew Ely of the Town of Marlborough in the County of Ulster & State of New York late a free holder of the United States being duly sworn doth depose and say that he the said Andrew enlisted for the term of nine months in the month of Febru- ary in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the Com- pany commanded by Captain John Ely in the Regiment commanded by Colo- nel Parsons In the line of the State of Connecticut on the Continent- al establishment and continued to serve in such corps until some time about the first of December in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six when he was discharged from the service at North Castle in the County of West- chester and State of New York That he was first stationed with said Company at New London and was afterwards ordered to join the Uni- ed States Army at Westchester in the State of New York That he served in said Company upwards of two months In the United States Army That he was in

battle of White Plains - That he was then an officer by the name of Smith to command said Company or Regiment to which he belonged as aforesaid -
Sworn this day of 21 st March 1828 before me The words "In the United States service" on the first page interlined & also the word "knew" on the second before signing -
Andrew Ely
P. H. Mace
A Commissioner appointed to take affidavits &c

State of Connecticut County of New London ss. I, Arieal Ely of the Town of Lyme County & State of fore said doth depose and say, that some time in the Month of Feby. one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy six, he this deponent, then being a recruiting officer in Company of Captain John Ely, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel H. Parsons, which Company and Regiment, then belonged to the Continental army of the united States. Enlisted Andrew Ely, as a private in said Company, for Nine Months, to wit at Lyme aforesaid, that the said Andrew at the time of his said enlistment did receive the Bounty, usually given to a private soldier and that the said Andrew Ely continued to serve in said Company as a private, as foresaid for the term of his enlistment, and after the expiration of said term was Honorably discharged, from the Continental army at North Castle, shortly after the Battle of White Plains; in which he was engaged, and further saith, that the said Andrew served as aforesaid for the said term of Nine Months, under one enlistment, in the Continental Line -
Sworn this 16 th day of - 2 April Ely April A 1828 Before me Grahams Justice of Peace

State of Connecticut
County of New London /s Peter Person of the Town of Lyme County and State aforesaid, doth depose and say, that some time in the Month of February one Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy six, Adrial Ely was a Recruiting officer in the company of Captain John Ely in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel H. Parsons, which Company and Regiment then belonged to the Continental army of the United States, that said Adrial Ely in the Month of February aforesaid enlisted Andrew Ely as a private in the Company and Regiment aforesaid, for the term of nine months. Now at Lyme aforesaid, the said Andrew at the time of his said Enlistment did receive the bounty usually given to a private soldier and that the said Andrew Ely continued to serve in said Company as a private as aforesaid for the term of nine months and after the expiration of said term was Honourably discharged from the Continent- al army at North Castle Shortly after the Battle of White Plains in which he was engaged and further saith, the said Andrew served as aforesaid for the said term of nine months, under one enlistment in the Continental Line —
Peter Pearson
Sworn this 16 th  day of April A D 1828
Before me
Cyrena Hatt Justice of Peace

Orange County ss Andrew Ely within named being duly sworn doth depose & say that the signatures of Adiel Ely & Peter Pear- son to the within affidavits sub- scribed are the signatures of the said Adiel Ely & Peter Pearson re- spectively & that the name of Ezra Pratt subscribed to the said affidavits is the proper hand writing of Ezra Pratt a true tue of the Peace in and for the county of New London in the State of Connecticut & further saith that the facts set forth in said affidavits are true
Andrew Ely
Sworn the 24 th day of April 1828 before me
J. B. Hovee
Commissioner appointed to take affidavits &c
Notary New York
Notary New York
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